UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. PROX OF ATA.

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I DEPARTED TEB RWY 24 AT ABOUT XY35 AM LCL TIME ON A VFR FLT DIRECT TO ITH. MAGNETIC HDG FOR THE FLT WAS APPROX 325 DEGS. I TURNED ON COURSE AT ABOUT 800 FT MSL; AND CLBED TO 1200 FT MSL. I WAS ABOUT 1 MI SW OF TEB AT THIS TIME. I REALIZED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO FLY A MORE NORTHERLY COURSE IN ORDER TO INTERCEPT MY ORIGINALLY INTENDED COURSE. I DID SO; AND THEN CHKED THE LORAN; WHICH I BELIEVED INDICATED THAT I WAS NOW A COUPLE OF MI N OF MY ORIGINALLY INTENDED COURSE. AT THIS POINT; I TURNED BACK TO THE HDG 325 DEGS. AFTER TURNING BACK TO THIS HDG; I NOTICED THAT I WAS OVER A QUARRY. I ALSO NOTICED CDW TO MY L. I MAY HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE ATA FOR CDW WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION; AS IT APPEARED TO BE CLOSER THAN 5 STATUTE MI FROM MY LOCATION. IN ADDITION; A COUPLE OF MINS LATER; I SAW LINCOLN PARK ARPT (NO7) DIRECTLY AHEAD. I WAS STILL AT 1200 FT MSL; AND APCHING THE PATTERN FOR LINCOLN PARK FIELD. I TURNED TO THE N AND INITIATED A CLB TO AVOID FLYING THROUGH LINCOLN PARK'S TFC PATTERN. AFTER REVIEWING THE CHARTS; AS WELL AS MY MEMORY; I REALIZE THAT I WAS MORE THAN LIKELY IN THE ATA FOR ESSEX COUNTY AT SOME POINT; AS I WOULD NOT HAVE COME UPON LINCOLN PARK; ON THAT HDG; OTHERWISE. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS MISTAKE WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1) I FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DISTANCE COVERED DURING MY INITIAL CLBOUT. THE COURSE THAT I PLOTTED WAS FROM THE CTR OF TEB; NOT FROM 1 MI SW. 2) I WAS NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE LORAN; NOR WAS I USED TO USING ONE. I MISREAD THE CDI READOUT THAT THE LORAN PROVIDED; THUS BELIEVING THAT I WAS N OF COURSE WHEN I WAS REALLY S. 3) I DID NOT USE TEB VOR TO FLY AN OUTBOUND RADIAL. THIS IS WHAT I NORMALLY USE; AND IT WOULD HAVE SERVED AS A GOOD VERIFICATION OF POS; AND WOULD HAVE ENSURED THAT I INTERCEPTED AND REMAINED ON MY ORIGINALLY INTENDED COURSE. THIS WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THE POTENTIAL FOR ENTERING ESSEX COUNTY ARPT'S ATA. THE MORAL HERE IS; AS I SEE IT: USE ALL NAV EQUIP THAT IS AVAILABLE; BUT DO NOT RELY ON SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED ON. ALSO; ALLOW FOR CLBOUT; AND LEAVE LARGER BUFFERS BTWN ACFT POS AND AIRSPACE WE WANT TO AVOID.